PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION

REASONS TO CONSIDER PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONs WITH POLYGRAPH A UNIQUE AND EFFECTIVE TOOL

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Versatility – an opportunity to select valid testing methods or to work out a structured interview tailored to a specific task or a subject matter

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Individual approach to an examinee – a possibility to select methods and to arrange testing process according to individual peculiarities of a client’s personality

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Objectiveness – limited impact of the human factor in the testing process owing to standardization of methods, techniques and the procedure of psychological diagnostic itself

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Validity – usage of professional methodology and indicators tracking with scoring by “the lie scale” – exclude the chances of giving socially desired responses and the chances of counteraction on behalf of the examinee in testing process.

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Sensitivity – psychological testing is less stressful for a testee

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Psychodiagnostics is carried out with the help of internationally recognized and authorial methodology with statistic validity amounting to 80% upwards

THOSE REQUIRE PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION:

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Individualities who require intramural examination (investigation of non-pathological phenomena of the psyche and detection of the impact of the personality’s mental state peculiarities on their behavior in a particular moment, defining of affect state);

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Material evidence: texts (hand-written, printed), video- and audio-recordings, objects (specifics of psychological analysis is caused by blocked access for proximate cognition to the psyche; however, investigation of psychological activity is available through actions and behavior analysis, which serve as reflection of this activity);

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Individualities who require examination in absentia (personality psychological analysis initiated by the interested party of the process/ stakeholders);

QUESTIONS TO ASK WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSTICS:

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Have the testees got any individual psychological characteristics (intellectual, temperamental, motivational, emotional and volitional, etc.) which could substantially influence their behavior in the researched case?

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Which psychological factors testify in favor of and which against the reliability of the testees’ statements or testimonies?

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Have the testees got any signs of hypersuggestibility? Are they extremely prone to making up? Are there any signs of psychological impact on the testees during the examination?

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What individual psychological characteristics have the testees got if any, which could substantially influence intensity and depth of their experiencing of important incident?

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Has the testees’ hierarchy of basic life values been affected? Are there any signs of adverse changes in the testees’ personality and how are they expressed if any?

Aren’t the testees staying in the psychological state (stress, frustration, confusion) which could influence awareness of own actions and their control?